Have you ever seen glowing food? That's why you draw a food-themed anime.

"This is your first time making this dish? How is that possible?!"

Takumi was incredulous: "How do you know the key to this dish is this crispy rice crust? Didn't you say you've never learned how to make this dish?"

"And you didn't choose chicken or fish broth, but instead chose kelp broth? Why?"

Yet, this touch of sweetness blends together perfectly.

There has been innovation again.

The core points have been fully achieved.

I couldn't resist taking a few more bites.

The refreshing feeling is like standing on the beach with the sea breeze blowing, but without feeling sticky and getting your clothes wet.

...

Xu Zhou smiled when he saw his surprised expression.

"For seafood risotto, the key is of course the rice."

"Moreover, the rice has so many ingredients, and it needs to be stir-fried in advance to develop a caramelized aroma. Even the water used is broth, which proves that the key flavor of this dish is basically in the rice."

Isn't this easy to analyze?

Takumi was silent for a moment, then could only sigh deeply: "No wonder they all praise you. You are indeed very capable. In fact, your ability to control temperature seems to be no worse than that of the Flesh Demon."

Is this person's learning ability really that terrifying?

Xu Zhou smiled and pointed to the roasted hybrid duck over there: "You should teach me how to make this dish."

Takumi is such a good person!

Learn one dish and get another one as a bonus.

This seafood risotto is a simplified version, but if you add the rest, you can sell it in a restaurant, right?

The current version is still somewhat rough and probably doesn't meet the standards for products sold in stores.

Xu Zhou thought that when Xiao Hongmao came to teach cooking next time, he would ask him to come and help improve the recipe.

...

When it came time to formally learn how to roast hybrid duck, Takmi didn't hold back at all and explained things earnestly.

He turned his head and looked over.

"First, let me talk about the sauce for this dish."

Do you know what salted abalone roe is?

Xu Zhou looked blank: "What caviar? I only know caviar."

What is salted sweetfish roe?

Takumi on the other side was speechless, his expression as if to say, "With such amazing hand skills, how can your theoretical knowledge be so weak?"

After a moment of silence, he quietly explained, "Salted ayu roe is made from the roe of ayu fish through a salting process."

"Oh."

"..."

Seeing Xu Zhou's still somewhat bewildered expression, Takumi chuckled in exasperation: "Don't tell me you don't know what an ayu is."

Xu Zhou looked at Takumin's clenched fists and twitching eyelids and smiled awkwardly.

"what……"

"Ayu? I only know taro."

Takumi: "..."

How can this person be such a skilled cook, yet know absolutely nothing about cooking!

Talent!

...

The chubby younger brother next to him, seeing Takumi's expression of gritted teeth, speechlessness, and helplessness, walked over.

"Brother, we've received the money."

"Oh."

"The sweetfish is a small, homing fish and is the king of freshwater fish."

When the two brothers realized they were going to charge a fee, they started explaining the habits of the sweetfish and how to cook the fish.

It was explained in great detail, almost to the point of clarifying the origin of this fish.

As he spoke, Takumi couldn't help but say in a low voice, "You don't even know what ayu is, but you just managed to make golden rice crust in one go."

Just thinking about it made him feel incredibly frustrated.

Losing to Soma Yukihira is one thing.

But now they've lost to Xu Zhou, who doesn't even have a solid grasp of the basics!

"did you see it?"

"This is a sweetfish."

Despite his grief and anger, Takumi still dutifully found the pictures.

Xu Zhou glanced at it a few times and said, "Oh, I've never seen it before."

Takumi: "..."

...

When talking about ayu roe.

Takumi asked hopefully, "Do you know the difference between salted ayu roe, salmon roe, and flying fish roe?"

"These are three completely different types of fish roe."

"It's also something very basic."

Xu Zhou: "..."

You call this the basics?

After a period of silence.

Amidst the shocked and distraught looks on Takumi's and the other's faces, Xu Zhou shook his head without hesitation: "I don't know."

"..."

The two resignedly began to explain the differences between the three.

"The salted abalone roe is small, crisp and tender, with a slightly salty and savory flavor."

"But salmon roe has a rich umami flavor with a slight fishy taste."

The conversation moved from fish meat to fish roe.

After talking for a long time, we finally got to the dipping sauce for their roasted hybrid duck.

"The dipping sauce for our dish today is salted abalone roe."

“Salted ayu roe normally takes more than a week to prepare.”

Takmi carefully explained the steps for making the dish.

They were afraid of missing a step and making Xu Zhou not understand.

...

The sauce for this dish uses a lot of seasoning.

For example, the ayu roe needs to be processed.

Takumi demonstrated it once.

"Put the sweetfish's innards in and cook them."

"After cooking, you can get salted ayu roe."

After making this dish, Takmi took out some chopped perilla and scallions, mixed them in, and added some yuzu pepper.

Xu Zhou remained quite calm when he saw the perilla leaves and scallions.

When he saw him throw more grapefruit pepper into the pot, Xu Zhou's lips twitched.

Dude.

Are you making medicine?

This sauce looks like something out of a culinary disaster.

Is this going to taste good?

Takmi taught very diligently, and after he finished, he even handed the work to him, saying, "Try to do it for me."

Xu Zhou: "..."

...

Seeing Xu Zhou's slightly dazed expression, Takumi glanced at him sideways.

"Don't think I don't know that dissecting a duck and roasting a duck is no challenge for you at all."

"Your knife skills and control of the heat are superb; you don't need to learn these two steps at all."

"The only thing I need to learn is this sauce."

Xu Zhou frowned as he looked at the green sauce, his heart filled with suspicion.

Although he didn't say anything, Takumi seemed to have noticed his expression. He clenched his fist and said, "Ha! Are you questioning my sauce?!"

"No."

"to be frank!"

Okay, a little.

Xu Zhou touched his nose, paused, and nodded sincerely: "You guessed right, it is highly questionable."

"It's already strange that you added Sichuan peppercorn oil, but you also added pomelo pepper..."

"Bitter, sweet, sour, and spicy?"

"Just hearing about this sauce makes it sound awful..."